Hey Kids! Help Save Our Fighting Men How Warren County youth supported the war effort in WWII by Dave Waite The move into World War II by the United States brought about many changes for this country’s citizens. The most important was in the lives of the sixteen million men and women who served during…
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Category: Rewind
Rewind: January 1, 2023 – “Jailhouse Rock: When the Glens Falls High School Dance Band Played Great Meadow Correctional Facility”
REWIND: January 1, 2023 – “Jailhouse Rock: When the Glens Falls High School Dance Band Played Great Meadow Correctional Facility” By Teri Rogers In the spring of 1976, the Glens Falls High School dance band played a concert at Great Meadow Correctional Facility in Comstock, Washington County. The dance band, which had earned…
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Rewind: December 15, 2022 – “Christmas in Glens Falls”
Rewind: December 15, 2022 “Christmas in Glens Falls” Downtown Glens Falls and Memories of Christmas (Note: City Historian Wayne Wright wrote an article on Christmas in the city for a Rewind article in December of 2010. Using that as a starting point, he has embellished it and added a series of pictures to…
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Rewind: December 1, 2022 – “The Opening of Miller Hill Aviation Field: Glens Falls’ First Airport”
Rewind: December 1, 2022 – The Opening of Miller Hill Aviation Field: Glens Falls’ First Airport By Dave Waite It had started out like any Thursday afternoon in Glens Falls, when on May 15, 1919, a loud roar overhead pulled thousands out of their homes and businesses to crane their necks skyward as a De…
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Rewind: November 15, 2022 – “Podnorszki Nursery and Landscaping: A Hungarian Immigrant’s Story”
WCHS Rewind — “Podnorszki’s Nursery and Landscaping: A Hungarian Immigrant’s Story” By Teri Rogers Podnorszki’s Nursery and Landscaping was a well-known business located at 15 Luzerne Road in Queensbury from 1970 to 2010. For forty years, owners Joe and Fran Podnorszki operated their full-service landscaping service, nursery, and garden center with the help of their…
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Rewind: November 1, 2022 – “Company K, Pride of Warren County”
Rewind: November 1, 2022 Company K, Pride of Warren County Company K Had Start in Hughes Light Guards The following article was taken from the Glens Falls Centennial Edition of ‘The Post Star,’ dated Monday, April 24, 1939. It is a perfect article to publish in honor of Veteran’s Day. We present it here…
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Rewind: October 15, 2022 – “Memories of Glens Falls City Playgrounds”
Rewind: October 15, 2022 “Memories of Glens Falls City Playgrounds” By Teri Podnorszki Rogers If you grew up in Glens Falls in the 1960’s and ‘70’s, you remember the many summer playgrounds that were mainstays of the neighborhoods around the city. Some were anchored to schools, some to parks. All were centers of fun…
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Rewind: October 1, 2022 – “The Hermit of Dogtown – Archie ‘Bobcat’ Ranney”
Rewind: October 1, 2022: The Hermit of Dogtown Archie “Bobcat” Ranney by Dave Waite Hermits are tough to come by in Warren County. According to “A Who’s Who of Adirondack Hermits,” in the Fiftieth Anniversary edition of Adirondack Life magazine there were only two: artist John Henry Hill at Phantom Island on Lake George…
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Rewind: September 15, 2022 – “A Most Fascinating Person”
Rewind: September 15, 2022 “A Most Fascinating Person” A friend of the Society recently shared a copy of a newsletter published by the Sisterhood of Congregation Shaaray Tefila, the Jewish Temple located on Bay Street in Glens Falls. What caught our eye was an article highlighting an interesting person from the Temple, and we share…
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Rewind: September 1, 2022 – “Polo on Roller Skates”
The Glens Falls Roller Polo Club A short-lived, rough and tumble sport that rolled into the city in 1908 by Dave Waite In the Spring of 1908 sports fans in Glens Falls had many choices: football, baseball, or the far newer sport of basketball. Even with all these local and national favorites, it is…
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